Category: Travels

Planning a trip to Japan with 2 other friends. None of us speak Japanese, I can read/type a little only. And it will be our first trip to Japan.

This entry will cover all the details!

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Lodging: Tokyo Hostels 3500Yen/Night

When: February – March 2007

Budget per person: Minimum: $2000 SGD, to include Air tickets, lodging, travel and food.

Air tickets: For 3 people

Singapore Airlines: $3100 SGD round trip, 8 hour flight.

Malaysia Airlines: $2760 SGD round trip, 11 hour flight.

Lodging: 21,000 Yen for 6 nights, $282 SGD.

Travel:

Food:

Emergency Use: $200 SGD.

General Schedule:

Resources:
Japan Travel Guide

Yahoo Currency Converter

Wikipedia

Singapore Embassy in Tokyo

Shinkansen

HWZ Forums Thread

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Anyone with or without experience, feel free to contribute! ヽ(´―｀)ノ

I will update this thread as I find out more details.

Hmmm…. Boarding time is 9.25pm, flight is 2 hours 20 minutes long, Bangkok is 1 hour behind Singapore time.

Arrived at hotel, which is not really a hotel, but a “serviced apartment” usually, the guests who stay here stay at least 30 days. Usually, business people perhaps.

I’m sharing a 2 bedroom apartment with my boss, who will leave on Friday. My room has no bathroom but a huge bed and an LCD TV with a NHK Japanese channel!

We have wireless internet access here, which seems a little slow. I heard the traffic is routed to another country for the “main HQ” to manage the firewall for all it’s properties worldwide. May have heard wrongly here though.

Ahhhhh, today’s topic is damn confusing. Can’t wait to get back home. Did some shopping yesterday at HMV. Bought some DVDs and a Nirvana audio CD. Cheap. Bought an old Japanese movie for $15HKD, “The Last Emperor” at $20HKD.

By the way, there are Giordano stores everywhere!

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5pm: Waiting for my flight back to Singapore. I’m at a lounge at the Hong Kong International Airport. Only for people with exclusive privileges (my boss). The snacks and food are free. Even the Hagen Daz ice cream and a variety of alcoholic drinks. I’m gonna keep this short as the keyboard is noisy and disturbing the others. My flight’s at 6 and I expect to reach home by 10pm.

Gonna go grab some ice cream now.